EP0201224B1 - Method for manufacturing a commutator - Google Patents
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- EP0201224B1 EP0201224B1 EP86302779A EP86302779A EP0201224B1 EP 0201224 B1 EP0201224 B1 EP 0201224B1 EP 86302779 A EP86302779 A EP 86302779A EP 86302779 A EP86302779 A EP 86302779A EP 0201224 B1 EP0201224 B1 EP 0201224B1
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- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
- H01R43/06—Manufacture of commutators
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T29/00—Metal working
- Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
- Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making
- Y10T29/49009—Dynamoelectric machine
- Y10T29/49011—Commutator or slip ring assembly
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- This invention relates to the manufacture of a disk commutator for the motor of an electric, in- tank fuel pump for a motor vehicle.
- a disk commutator should exhibit good wear characteristics, since its location makes it difficult to replace.
- "sour" gasoline occasionally found in motor vehicle fuel tanks, promotes rapid wear of the malleable copper usually used for commutator segments.
- "Sour” gasoline is gasoline which includes hydroperoxides, which accelerate wear of normal copper commutator segments and silver alloy segments.
- the malleable copper is desired, however, for the formation of commutator tabs for the attachment of armature windings and of anchoring studs to help hold the segments on a moulded insulating support.
- a proposed solution is the creation of a disk commutator from two disks welded together back-to-back, attached to the insulating support and cut into segments.
- One disk is made of malleable copper for easy formation of hooks or studs; and the other disk is made of a substance having superior wear properties in a sour gasoline environment.
- US-A- patent 4,283,841 (Kamiyama) describes a commutator manufacturing method wherein the other disk is a sheet of silver or silver alloy and is attached to the copper disk by pressure-welding.
- the disclosure in US-A-4,283,841 is not concerned with a sour gasoline environment; and the silver or silver alloy used in this disclosure does not exhibit the desired superior wear desired in such an environment.
- a method for manufacturing a disk commutator for a vehicle fuel pump driving motor designed to be operated in a sour gasoline environment comprising the steps of holding an annular disk of malleable copper against a matching annular disk of copper alumina, the matching annular disk having superior brush wear properties in a sour gasoline environment but being subject to possible deformation or degradation of these properties if subjected to excessive pressure, laser-welding the disks in two concentric circles of spot welds, one circle near each of the inner and outer circumferences of the disks, attaching the welded disks to an insulating support and cutting the disks into commutator segments, each of said segments having at least one spot weld near the inner circumference of the disks and two spot welds near the outer circumference of the disks. In this way, the welding and electrical contact of the two layers of each segment are assured without deformation or degradation of the superior wear qualities of the copper alumina disk.
- the finished commutator comprises a plurality of segments 10 affixed to a moulded insulating support 11 by means of inner studs 12 and outer studs 13, embedded in support II.
- Each segment comprises an underlayer 14 of malleable copper and an overlayer 15 of copper alumina, more specifically the material sold commercially under the trade name AL20 Glid Cop (R), from Glidden Chemical Co.
- the layers 14 and 15 of each segment 10 are joined by laser spot welds 16, one near the inner circumference of the commutator and two near the outer circumference thereof. There may be more than this number of welds; however, at least three are desirable for stability of the segment in the finished commutator.
- Commutator tabs may also be formed from layers 14 of segments 10 for the attachment of armature windings. In this embodiment they comprise the extended outer studs 13, which project through insulating support 11.
- the commutator is manufactured as shown in Figure 1.
- a disk 20 of malleable copper and a disk 21 of copper alumina are held together in a rotatable fixture 23.
- Each of disks 20 and 21 is annular in shape with an inner and an outer circumference, seen more clearly in the final commutator of Figure 2.
- Disk 20 also has studs 12 and 13 projecting radially inward and outward, respectively, in the plane of the disk.
- a laser welder 22 is actuated to produce laser spot welds 16 in a pattern as shown in Figure 2, with a circle of such welds near the inner circumference of the disks and a circle of double the number of welds near the outer circumference of the disks.
- Each of the welds produces a secure attachment of the disks in a precisely confined area, leaving most of each disk unchanged and adding no new material to the commutator.
- Each segment 10 comprises an underlayer 14 and an overlayer 15 and is held together by at least one weld 16 near the inner circumference 25 and at least two welds 16 nearthe outer circumference 26.
- the use of the laser-welding process causes a portion of the materials of the two disks to intermingle in a narrow volume which extends through the copper alumina disk 21 and pierces about halfway through the malleable copper disk 20 to produce stable and dependable attachment of the disks to one another and effective electrical conduction between the disks.
Description
- This invention relates to the manufacture of a disk commutator for the motor of an electric, in- tank fuel pump for a motor vehicle. Such a commutator should exhibit good wear characteristics, since its location makes it difficult to replace. However, "sour" gasoline, occasionally found in motor vehicle fuel tanks, promotes rapid wear of the malleable copper usually used for commutator segments. "Sour" gasoline is gasoline which includes hydroperoxides, which accelerate wear of normal copper commutator segments and silver alloy segments. The malleable copper is desired, however, for the formation of commutator tabs for the attachment of armature windings and of anchoring studs to help hold the segments on a moulded insulating support.
- A proposed solution is the creation of a disk commutator from two disks welded together back-to-back, attached to the insulating support and cut into segments. One disk is made of malleable copper for easy formation of hooks or studs; and the other disk is made of a substance having superior wear properties in a sour gasoline environment. US-A- patent 4,283,841 (Kamiyama) describes a commutator manufacturing method wherein the other disk is a sheet of silver or silver alloy and is attached to the copper disk by pressure-welding. However, the disclosure in US-A-4,283,841 is not concerned with a sour gasoline environment; and the silver or silver alloy used in this disclosure does not exhibit the desired superior wear desired in such an environment.
- It has been discovered that a form of copper alumina has superior wear properties in a sour gasoline environment. However, it is not ideally suited for the pressure welding process described in US-A-4,283,841 since the pressure required will subject the copper alumina to possible deformation or breakage and may work-harden it to a greater degree of hardness than desired, with resultant degradation of the superior wear properties. In addition, the pressure welding process, when applied to disks, may weld the uncut disks across an unpredictable and unknown portion of their surfaces. When the disks are cut into commutator segments, one or more of the segments may have the two layers thereof inadequately welded to one another, with consequent poor conduction or possible total separation during subsequent usage.
- Therefore, it is an object of this invention to provide a method of manufacturing a disk commutator for a driving motor of a vehicle fuel pump, for use in a sour gasoline environment, in which a disk of malleable copper and a disk of copper alumina are securely joined to one another without deformation, breakage or degradation of the copper alumina disk or of the superior wear properties of the same and with the assurance that, when the disks are cut into separate commutator segments, the two layers of each segment will be securely and accurately welded to one another.
- This and other objects are achieved in a method for manufacturing a disk commutator for a vehicle fuel pump driving motor designed to be operated in a sour gasoline environment comprising the steps of holding an annular disk of malleable copper against a matching annular disk of copper alumina, the matching annular disk having superior brush wear properties in a sour gasoline environment but being subject to possible deformation or degradation of these properties if subjected to excessive pressure, laser-welding the disks in two concentric circles of spot welds, one circle near each of the inner and outer circumferences of the disks, attaching the welded disks to an insulating support and cutting the disks into commutator segments, each of said segments having at least one spot weld near the inner circumference of the disks and two spot welds near the outer circumference of the disks. In this way, the welding and electrical contact of the two layers of each segment are assured without deformation or degradation of the superior wear qualities of the copper alumina disk.
- Further details and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and following description of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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- Figure 1 shows an apparatus for laser welding two disks in the method of this invention.
- Figure 2 shows a top view of a commutator manufactured by the method of this invention.
- Figure 3 shows a section view along lines 3-3 of Figure 2.
- Referring first to Figures 2 and 3, the finished commutator comprises a plurality of
segments 10 affixed to a mouldedinsulating support 11 by means of inner studs 12 andouter studs 13, embedded in support II. Each segment comprises anunderlayer 14 of malleable copper and anoverlayer 15 of copper alumina, more specifically the material sold commercially under the trade name AL20 Glid Cop (R), from Glidden Chemical Co. Thelayers segment 10 are joined bylaser spot welds 16, one near the inner circumference of the commutator and two near the outer circumference thereof. There may be more than this number of welds; however, at least three are desirable for stability of the segment in the finished commutator. Commutator tabs may also be formed fromlayers 14 ofsegments 10 for the attachment of armature windings. In this embodiment they comprise the extendedouter studs 13, which project throughinsulating support 11. - The commutator is manufactured as shown in Figure 1. A
disk 20 of malleable copper and adisk 21 of copper alumina are held together in arotatable fixture 23. Each ofdisks Disk 20 also hasstuds 12 and 13 projecting radially inward and outward, respectively, in the plane of the disk. Alaser welder 22 is actuated to producelaser spot welds 16 in a pattern as shown in Figure 2, with a circle of such welds near the inner circumference of the disks and a circle of double the number of welds near the outer circumference of the disks. Each of the welds produces a secure attachment of the disks in a precisely confined area, leaving most of each disk unchanged and adding no new material to the commutator. - The welded disks are then held in another fixture, not shown, while an insulating support is moulded thereto, with the
studs 12, 13 bent through 90 degrees and embedded therein. The disks may then be cut radially to produce segments as seen in Figure 2, with each pair of adjacentradial cuts 24 electrically isolating a segment defined therebetween. Eachsegment 10 comprises anunderlayer 14 and anoverlayer 15 and is held together by at least oneweld 16 near theinner circumference 25 and at least twowelds 16 neartheouter circumference 26. The use of the laser-welding process causes a portion of the materials of the two disks to intermingle in a narrow volume which extends through thecopper alumina disk 21 and pierces about halfway through themalleable copper disk 20 to produce stable and dependable attachment of the disks to one another and effective electrical conduction between the disks.
Claims (1)
- A method for making a disk commutator for a vehicle fuel pump driving motor designed to be operated in a gasoline environment, which method comprises welding two annular disks (20, 21) together, one of said disks (20) being formed of malleable copper and the other (21) being formed of a material having superior wear properties in a gasoline environment, attaching the welding disks to an insulating support, and cutting the disks into commutator segments (10), characterised in that the method includes the following steps: holding said annular disk (20) of malleable copper adjacent said other annular disk (21), which other disk (21) is formed of hardened copper alumina having superior wear properties in a sour gasoline environment but being subject to possible degradation of these properties if subjected to excessive pressure; laser-welding the disks (20, 21) in two concentric circles of spot welds (16), one circle positioned near the inner circumference (25) of the disks and one circle positioned near the outer circumference (26) of the disks; and cutting the disks (20, 21) into said commutator segments (10) so that each of said segments (10) has at least one spot weld (16) near the inner circumference (25) of the disks and at least two spot welds (16) near the outer circumference (26) of the disks, whereby the welding and electrical contact of the layers of each segment to one another are assured without deformation thereof or degradation of the aforementioned superior wear qualities of the hardened copper alumina.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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US06/730,951 US4580334A (en) | 1985-05-06 | 1985-05-06 | Method for manufacturing a commutator |
US730951 | 2000-12-06 |
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EP0201224A2 EP0201224A2 (en) | 1986-11-12 |
EP0201224A3 EP0201224A3 (en) | 1989-01-11 |
EP0201224B1 true EP0201224B1 (en) | 1990-06-27 |
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EP86302779A Expired - Lifetime EP0201224B1 (en) | 1985-05-06 | 1986-04-15 | Method for manufacturing a commutator |
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US (1) | US4580334A (en) |
EP (1) | EP0201224B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JPS61254043A (en) |
CA (1) | CA1240829A (en) |
DE (1) | DE3672334D1 (en) |
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JPH0340737A (en) * | 1989-07-06 | 1991-02-21 | Junichi Takasaki | Manufacture of commutator |
US5422456A (en) * | 1993-08-31 | 1995-06-06 | Dahm; Jonathan S. | Orbital head laser welder |
DE9404601U1 (en) * | 1994-03-18 | 1994-06-09 | Bosch Gmbh Robert | Unit for delivering fuel from a reservoir to an internal combustion engine |
US5658477A (en) * | 1995-11-22 | 1997-08-19 | Odawara Automation, Inc. | Method and apparatus for welding a stack of stator laminations |
JP3651785B2 (en) * | 2001-08-03 | 2005-05-25 | 株式会社デンソー | Commutator |
CN100491038C (en) * | 2006-10-08 | 2009-05-27 | 浙江长城换向器有限公司 | Welding technology of carbon commutator |
JP2009166065A (en) * | 2008-01-15 | 2009-07-30 | Nippon Densan Corp | Laser beam processing method, bearing device, spindle motor, and disk drive unit |
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US4283841A (en) * | 1978-01-26 | 1981-08-18 | Mitsuba Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd. | Method of manufacturing a commutator |
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- 1986-04-15 EP EP86302779A patent/EP0201224B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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CA1240829A (en) | 1988-08-23 |
EP0201224A2 (en) | 1986-11-12 |
EP0201224A3 (en) | 1989-01-11 |
DE3672334D1 (en) | 1990-08-02 |
US4580334A (en) | 1986-04-08 |
JPS61254043A (en) | 1986-11-11 |
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